Brachycephalic Obstructive Airway Syndrome (BOAS)

Brachycephalic Obstructive Airway Syndrome (BOAS)

BOAS is a complex multilesional disease that varies amongst breeds. This course will concentrate on the three most popular extreme brachycephalic breeds (French bulldog, pug and bulldog) and explain the different lesion sites, disease recognition and risk factors. There will be a hands on practical session to teach different types of soft palate reduction, nostril surgery and saccule resection. New surgical procedures will be discussed. Pre-operative and post-operative care will be highlighted to decrease surgical complications.

 What you’ll learn: 

• Risk factors and disease recognition for BOAS
• Airway noise
• BOAS functional grading
• Which diagnostic tests to use?
• What’s new- what else is available if the conventional surgery fails
• Surgical techniques – demonstration of nostril surgery, palate reduction, tonsillectomy and saccule resection
• Practice the techniques in wet labs with tutor guidance as needed.
• Pre and post-operative management- including tracheostomy placement and care

Course Tutor: Rachel Hattersley BVetMed(Hons) CertSAS DECVS MRCVS EBVS and RCVS Specialist in Small Animal Surgery

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Course Feedback:

“Fantastic speaker. Just the right level of detail and very practical. Speakers always of excellent quality in my experience.”

“Very nice environment, good facilities and excellent service offered by the staff, as for the lecturer, one of the kindest and helpful person I’ve met. Very good place for learning and exchanging opinions with others.”

“Course covered all the areas I wanted and more. The wet labs really help consolidation of technique. Really enjoyed the course and learned a lot. Excellent tutor, practical sessions and great venue.”

This course is kindly sponsored by Veterinary Instrumentation

This course is 7 hours of CPD